LED-guided material racks
The pick list lights the right bin. No searching, no wrong part, and the stock count updates when the pick is confirmed. Try it.
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Lean operations, 5S & automation
Lean is about doing more of the work that matters and less of everything else: less searching, waiting, walking and typing the same thing twice. We build the software that helps that happen — and keeps it happening.
Spaghetti diagram — illustration
Lean is a way of working: seeing waste, fixing causes and improving a little every day. No app does that for you.
What good software can do is make the right way the easy way. It puts information where the work happens, removes the paperwork nobody values, and makes problems visible while they’re still small.
- We start on the floor. We watch how work actually flows before we suggest anything.
- Fix the process, then the software. Automating a bad process just gets you there faster.
- Build only what removes friction. If a screen doesn’t save someone a step, it doesn’t belong.
Eight kinds of waste. One word.
Lean teams remember the eight wastes as DOWNTIME. Pick a letter to see what it looks like on a real shop floor, and what the right system changes.
Waiting
On the floor
A welder stands idle until someone in the office confirms which job is next.
With the right system
The next job is waiting on the employee’s screen. Holds and approvals notify the right person straight away.
Related work: Pulse
5S is how a workplace gets organised and stays that way. Step through it on a single tool board — and see where software helps each step stick.
Before
A typical bench. Everything you need is here — somewhere — along with plenty you don’t.
Automation isn’t robots. It’s the handoffs — the phone call, the re-keyed job, the reminder someone forgot — done by the system the moment something happens. Choose an event.
Event logBuilt · Pulse
- Shared workstationStart work on the floor
- SystemClock-in recorded and the job timer starts
- Office dashboardJob shows who’s on it now
- Employee mobileMy Work shows the running job
On the drawing board
Two ideas we’re developing that put the system into the physical workplace. Concept — not yet built
NFC workstation sign-in
Tap a badge on the station’s tag. You’re signed in where you’re standing, and that station’s jobs are ready to start.
NFCStation 3 · Weld bay
Waiting for a badge…
Already on the floor
Lean principles in software we’ve built. Labels show what exists today and what’s a concept demo.
Warehouse OS
Warehouse OS turns Lean flow into something you can see: every location mapped, every pick routed, and repetitive handoffs — replenishment, escalation, reassignment — triggered by workflow rules instead of phone calls.
- Low-stock replenishment workflow
- Robot fault escalation and task reassignment
- Pick routes sequenced to reduce travel
- Utilisation and congestion overlays
Pulse
Pulse removes waiting, walking and re-keying from the workshop floor: the next job is on screen, time is recorded as work happens, and jobs come in from the MRP system instead of being typed again.
- Start work clocks the employee in automatically
- Jobs imported from MRPeasy
- Recorded timecards against the schedule
- Review queue and audit trail for corrections
AssetForge
AssetForge supports Shine and Sustain for plant and equipment: inspections and faults recorded against each asset, and an owner’s view of what needs attention before it becomes a breakdown.
- Asset register with status and location
- Checklist pass rate and failed checks
- Open faults and maintenance due
- Audit history
StockFlow
StockFlow shows Sort and Set in order in software: every item has a bin, every bin has a label, and reports show what’s not moving.
- Floor-plan locator with pick route
- Printable barcode bin labels
- Reorder points and purchase orders
- Dead-stock and slow-mover reports
Tell us where the friction is — the searching, the waiting, the double entry. We’ll want to understand how the work flows before we suggest any software.